A Mysterious Case of a Breast Lump in a Woman From the Philippines

摘要

We present the case of a 74-year-old woman who recently emigrated from the Philippines to Canada, with an unusual etiology for her breast lump. Based on review of breast histopathology by a pathologist, as well as parasitology specialist and clinical history, the causative organism of this breast lump was Schistosoma japonicum. This is an uncommon manifestation of schistosomiasis, which causes more than 40 million clinical infections annually.